Scott Aaronson - MIT Technology Review http://www.technologyreview.com/stream/26351/?sort=recent
enDesultory D-Wavehttp://www.technologyreview.com/notebook/409952/desultory-d-wave/
<p>D-Wave may not have made a working quantum computer.</p><p>D-Wave, a startup in Burnaby, British Columbia, claims to have demonstrated a working prototype of what it says will become the world’s first “commercially viable” quantum computer. But as even its supporters admit, the company has a severe credibility problem in the scientific community <em>(see “<a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/20590/?a=f" target="_blank">Riding D-Wave</a>”).</em> In looking at its claims, I think it’s helpful to ask three questions.</p>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:00:00 +0000http://www.technologyreview.com/notebook/409952/desultory-d-wave/